I'm seriously considering not playing Season Two at this point. And because of that, I get copy protection. I understand Half-Life 2 not running well (it likes a beefy system), but there is no good reason I shouldn't be able to play Sam & Max that way.īut I paid for the physical media, because I prefer that. Even with the lowered performance of 3D stuff in Parallels, it should work fine. Sam & Max is not an intensive game at all. That takes a long time to shutdown OS X, start Windows, start the game, check the CD, then get into it. I can't use a disc image for the same reason. I can't use Parallels because the copy protection thinks I'm using a copied disc. I use a Mac and the game isn't available for my platform, so I have to play the episodes in Windows. I bought Sam & Max Season One in the retail box, and it uses copy protection. Valve has done such a good job with Steam, that it makes the problem even more obvious. Recently, this has been driving me nuts though.
No cd patches install#
It was one thing to keep the disc in the drive back when the data had to be pulled off (I wouldn't want to install Wing Commander 4 and it's 6+ CDs on my hard drive back then).
This brave new world, in which the data already installed upon my hard drive is all that's required to play a game I've paid for, is one I know I want to live in."
While there're still some reasons to be circumspect about online distribution systems, they do spell an end to miserably sorting through quivering towers of plastic discs or popup-heavy crack websites.
No cd patches driver#
Having the CD check as well seems like leaving a polite post-it note on the windscreen of a driver prone to double-parking.
No cd patches serial number#
It was always doubly unnecessary for a game like W3, which also employs serial number checks if you want to play it online. This kicks off a discussion by blogger Alec Meer about the role of copy protection and anti-piracy in PC gaming: "I don't need the Paint Shop Pro disc in my DVD drive whenever I want to butcher my holiday photos, after all. Players will no longer need to have the disc in the drive in order to conquer Azeroth. Rock, Paper, Shotgun notes that in Blizzard's never-ending quest for perfect balance, they've added a handy feature for still-dedicated Warcraft players.
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